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Bailee Johnson
Ch. 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyksos | Asiatic invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640-1570BC |
| New kingdom | Overthrew the Hyksos, ruled from 1570-1075 BC |
| Thutmose 3 | Killed stepmother to become king |
| Kush | Egypt country that lasted from 2000-1000BC |
| Meröe | Trade flourished with Africa, Arabia, and India |
| Piankhi | Over threw the Libyan people that took over Egypt |
| Sennacherib | Bragged about destroying things |
| Nineveh | Assyria's capital |
| King Ashurbanipal | Collected more than 20,000 clay tablets |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Ancient Sumerian poem |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King that restored Babylon |
| Assyria | Defeted Syria, Israel, Judah, and Babylon |
| Cyrus | Treated people that he conquered like they were never conquered before |
| Cambyses | Expanded the Persian empire by conquering Egypt |
| satrap | Like a governor |
| Royal Road | 1600 mile road that stretched from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia |
| Zoroaster | Created Zoroastrian |
| Ahura Mazda | The god you believe in when you study Zoroastrian |
| Confucius | Most inspirational Chinese scholar |
| Laozi | Created Daoism |
| Yin and Yang | Yin is the darkness in the universe. Yang is the good in everything. Together they represent the universe. The circle shape represents unity. |
| Shi Hiangdi | Name means "First Emperor" |
| Qin Dynasty | Lasted for a very short time |
| autocracy | Government that has unlimited power and uses it in an abritrary power |